US poet Amanda Gorman set to release poetry collections and children's book


There will be no shortage of Gorman books this year, with her poetry collections and children's picture book set for release. Photo: Penguin Random House

Penguin Random House has acquired four books from Amanda Gorman, the young American poet who moved people around the world with her poem The Hill We Climb at US President Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan 20.

This news comes after Gorman’s reading of her work Chorus Of The Captains at the Super Bowl on Feb 7, where she blazed yet another trail as the first poet to read at this huge American cultural event.

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